Storm Centre Shifts to China Says Speaker
Shaown Peter Chuan of Pekin told Ford Hall last night that China is the world storm centre and holds the key to the next 500 years. The Hartford Theological Seminary student and Manchu member noted 1600 Chinese students in the U S and urged America to reconcile Europe and China for postwar democracy.
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China
Shaown
Peter Chuan
Pekin
Ford Hall
Chuan
Hartford Theological Seminary
America
Europe
Mayor Curley Dishonest or Misinformed Claim on Playground Extension
Tom Deering of the Jamaica Plainneasa House issues statement saying Mayor Curley is unfair or misinformed about Neighborhood House having any financial interest in extending the Carolina avenue playground to Lee street.
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Tom Deering
Jamaica Plaineesa House
Curley
Carolina Avenue
Lee Street
Neighborhood groups push for central ward playground space
Mr. Deering states no officer or director owns land in question as 600 boys petition the Mayor for more play space in Ward 22. Schools Agassiz Grammar Leo XIII and the high school seek a centrally located playground. exact site to be decided by Planning Board and Mayor.
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Deering
Agassiz Grammar School
Leo XIII
Planning Board
Final drive urged for Methodist preacher pension totals
In Greater Boston churches pastors appealed to parishioners to reach the pension allotment for aged preachers. Other churches report they are still adding to their totals as the drive continues.
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Greater
Boston
Sheep Pasture on Boston Common in The Wanderer Show
More than 70 sheep with goats and mules grazed on Boston Common yesterday for a scene in the Wanderer at the Boston Opera House. Lawrence McCarty secured the pasture from Mayor Curley. two hours of grazing followed before the animals were moved to the theater by auttomobiles for safety from city dogs.
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Juliet Bizet
Anna M. Dennehey
Boston Common
Boston Opera House
Curley
Lawrence McCarty
Opera House
Real Supper for 20 Cents at Boston YWCA Conference
Miss Margaret Slattery and Dean Rousmaniere appear as speakers for the Boston YWCA Business Women's Council Lori mer Hall conference. A 20 cent supper follows the meeting, starting at 6 30 oclock. The event aids the upcoming $100 000 drive for the National War Work Council in Massachusetts and New England with Mary Fay and Harold Peabody as chairmen.
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Margaret Slattery
Dean Rousmaniere
Lorimer Hall
Business Women’s Council
Hoover
Boston
National War Work Council
Young Women's Christian Association
Mary Fay
Massachusetts
Harold Peabody
New England
Taft Defends Wilson Attacks La Follette at Rally
Former President Taft spoke at a mass meeting for a 35 million dollar YMCA war fund. He defended Wilson, urged Republicans to back the president, and criticized Senator La Follette over the Lusitania sinking.
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Taft
Wilson
Washington
America
LaFollette
Elizabeth Lister, Widow of General Lister, Dies at 88
Mrs. Elizabeth Lister widow of General F W Lister died yesterday at her home 10 Shepard Street Cambridge she was 88 years old.
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Elizabeth Lister
F. W. Lister
Shepard Street
Cambridge
Coal production cut by about two million tons
Washington November 18. Bituminous coal production in the United States was reduced about two million tons last week due to car shortage and railroad congestion. The National Coal Association said a request was placed before government agencies to give coal shipments priority over all commodities except food and government orders.
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Washington
United States
National Coal Association
Elderly man fractured skull after fall from streetcar
Peter Basile aged 82 of 16 Quincy avenue Quincy is on the danger list at Quincy City Hospital with a fractured skull after slipping while alighting from a street car at School and Hancock Streets. He fell backward and struck his head.
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Peter Basile
Quincy Avenue
Quincy
Quincy City Hospital
School
Hancock Streets
Plant Juice Man Promotes Remedy at Local Store
An advertisement features the Plant Juice Man from Houghton & Dutton Co. praising Plant Juice as a rapid, permanent treatment for stomach liver and kidney troubles. It cites testimonials including H. R. Morton of Waltham reporting improved health after using the product.
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Houghton & Dutton Co
Boston
H. R. Morton
Myrtle Street
Waltham
Drug Department Co
Boston Metropolitan Red Cross yarn sale breaks records
The Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross set new weekly sales records for yarn to knit sweaters helmets mufflers socks and other comfort items for service members. Sales peaked at 1622 pounds Thursday 1400 pounds Friday and 833 pounds Saturday at 142 Berkeley Street with 25 000 pounds ordered and delivered during the week under Frances Cobb in charge.
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Boston
American Red Cross
Berkeley Street
Frances Cobb
Patriotism urged to Jews at Temple Israel
Rabbi Harry Levi addressed over 1000 attendees at Temple Israel on Commonwealth Avenue urging American Jews to make sacrifices to help win the war. About 200 Jewish soldiers and sailors serving at Camp Ayer and nearby army and navy posts joined the gathering in Boston.
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Camp Ayer
Boston
Temple Israel
Commonwealth Avenue
Harry Levi
America
Brown War Works Committee Forms at Brown University
A five member Brown University panel forms the Brown War Works Committee to supervise non military wartime activities. It focuses on the Brown War Record Bureau and Brown’s push to join the American University Union in Paris with Harvard Williams Dartmouth Amherst Bowdoin. The joint bureau aims to aid graduates and families of enlisted men and likely operates via a five college federation. A budget of at least 1000 dollars is sought from Brown alumni across New England with donations sent to Frank H. Brown, treasurer, Box 1172, Providence RI.
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Providence
Brown War Works Committee
Brown University
Brown War Record Bureau
Brown
American University Union
Paris
Harvard
Williams
Dartmouth
Amherst
Bowdoin
New England
Frank H. Brown
R. I
Priest Bernard Nangle Celebrates First Mass in Somerville
The Rev. Bernard A. Nangle of 29 Highland Road Somerville who was ordained in Buffalo New York on Thursday celebrated his first public solemn high mass yesterday at 11 o'clock in St Catherine's Church Somerville.
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Bernard A. Nangle
Highland Road
Somerville
Buffalo
N. Y
St. Catherine's Church
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